UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 19 September 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group C - Matchday 1 Esbjerg fB Last updated 15/10/2013 11:26CET

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R. Standard de Liège will look to extend their six-game winning streak in this season's UEFA Europa League when group stage debutants Esbjerg fB travel to Belgium. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, and this is Esbjerg's first game against a Belgian club. • Standard have won all three of their previous games against Belgian opponents without conceding a goal; most recently, they met FC København in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, winning 3-0 at home and 1-0 in . Match background • Standard are unbeaten in ten European home games (W6 D4) since a 3-1 loss to Hamburger SV in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. They have won all six of their games since entering this season's competition in the second qualifying round. • Since missing the cut on their debut in 2004/05, Standard have made it through both of their UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They also notably reached the last eight in 2009/10, having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Esbjerg beat AS Saint-Étienne home and away in the play-offs to make it to their first UEFA club competition group stage. • The Danish side have won their last three European away fixtures without conceding: 6-0 at FC Flora and 1-0 at Tromsø IL in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and then 1-0 at St-Étienne in August. Team facts • Norwegian striker Mushaga Bakenga played for Club Brugge KV and on loan at Cercle Brugge KSV before being loaned to Esbjerg this summer. His three games against Standard brought a win (1-0 with Club Brugge in 2011/12) and two defeats (2-1, 1-0 with Cercle Brugge in 2012/13). • Esbjerg winger Emil Lyng also has some experience of Belgian football, having spent part of 2009/10 on loan from LOSC Lille at SV Zulte Waregem. His side drew 1-1 at home against Standard during that spell. Coach information • Guy Luzon left his native Israel to take over as Standard coach in summer 2013, having led his national team on home soil at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Injury forced the nephew of Israel Football Association president Avi Luzon to hang up his boots at 21, but he found his calling as a coach, famously leading Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • Hired as Esbjerg coach in the summer of 2013 after moved on to coach Denmark's Under-21 side, Niels Frederiksen took an unusual path into top-flight football. An economics graduate, he worked at a bank while coaching youth teams at B 1903 København and Lyngby BK, eventually being hired as the club's senior coach in 2009. He led them to promotion in the first of his four seasons in charge.

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Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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